Publix recalls baby food pouches over potential lead contamination
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/recall/publix-recalls-baby-food-pouches-potential-lead-contamination-rcna207112
#GreenWise #BabyFood #Recall #Lead #Contamination #FDA
The recall comes amid heightened concern about contaminated baby food and the Trump administration's pledge to make it safer
Today in Labor History May 18, 1979: An Oklahoma jury ruled in favor of the estate of atomic worker Karen Silkwood. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Company was ordered to pay $505,000 in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages for negligence leading to Silkwood’s plutonium contamination. On appeal, the court reduced the settlement to a pitiful $5,000, the estimated value of her property losses. In 1984, the Supreme Court restored the original verdict, but Kerr-McGee again threatened to appeal. Ultimately, Silkwood’s family settled out of court for $1.38 million and the company never had to admit any wrongdoing.
Silkwood first started working at Kerr-McGee in 1972. She joined the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers union and participated in a strike. After the strike, her comrades elected her to the union’s bargaining committee. She was the first woman to attain that status at Kerr-McGee. In this role, one of her duties was to investigate health and safety issues. Not surprisingly, she discovered numerous violations, including exposure of workers to contamination. The union accused Kerr-McGee of falsifying inspection records, manufacturing faulty fuel rods and other safety violations. After testifying to the Atomic Energy Commission, Silkwood discovered that her own body and home were contaminated with radiation. Her body contained 400 times the legal limit for plutonium contamination and she was expelling contaminated air from her lungs. Her house was so contaminated they had to destroy much of her personal property.
Later, she decided to go public with documentation proving the company’s negligence. She left a meeting with union officials in order to meet a New York Times journalist. She brought a binder and packet of documents supporting her allegations with her. However, she never made it, dying in a suspicious car crash. The documents were never found. Some journalists believe she was rammed from behind by another vehicle. Investigators noted damage to the read of her car that would be consistent with this hypothesis. She had also received death threats shortly before her death. However, no one has yet substantiated the claims of foul play.
Stroke patients have high levels of #MicroPlastics buildup in their necks. Capitalism and corporate greed are literally killing us all. #Capitalism #Environment #PublicHealth #contamination
Golf course neighbours are more at risk of Parkinson's Disease
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/golf-course-neighbours-are-more-at-risk-of-parkinsons-disease
#pesticides #lawn #turf #golf #GreenSpaces #Bellinger #water #contamination #NeurodegenerativeDisease #NDD #ConcreteFunnels
Image: Bellingen Golf Club with new impervious surface pavement. Surrounded by puddles and small lakes now. The new bench is facing the very busy Waterfall Way road.
Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers. A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells. #water #contamination #pollution #groundwater #oil #gas https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04052025/scientists-map-where-orphan-wells-pose-threats-to-aquifers/
Le média en ligne « Vert » propose un dossier sur la pollution au chlorure de vinyle monomère (CVM), un gaz cancérogène pour l’humain, qui contamine depuis des années l’eau potable transportée dans des canalisations en PVC vieillissantes. Deux reportage et une carte interactive pour faire le point.
Tout comprendre au CVM Qu’est-ce que ce gaz et d’où vient-il ? Mon eau du robinet est-elle contaminée par cette substance chimique ? Est-ce risqué de boire une eau chargée en CVM ? Comment décontaminer mon eau ?
https://vert.eco/articles/tout-comprendre-sur-le-cvm-ce-gaz-toxique-present-dans-nos-canalisations-qui-pollue-leau-et-favorise-des-cancers
L’eau potable de votre commune est-elle contaminée ? Vérifiez sur notre carte de France interactive. En collectant les données des différentes sources disponibles, Vert a identifié plus de 5 500 communes concernées.
https://vert.eco/articles/leau-potable-de-votre-commune-est-elle-contaminee-au-cvm-ce-gaz-toxique-et-cancerogene-verifiez-sur-notre-carte-de-france-interactive
« On a longtemps fermé les yeux » : une contamination sous-estimée dans de nombreuses communes rurales. L’Orne fait rarement parler de lui. Pourtant, plusieurs communes de ce département doivent actuellement lutter contre une contamination de l’eau potable par le CVM.
https://vert.eco/articles/on-a-longtemps-ferme-les-yeux-la-contamination-de-leau-au-cvm-sous-estimee-dans-ce-village-de-lorne-et-dans-de-nombreuses-communes-rurales
#eau #EauPotable #contamination #ChlorureDeVinyleMonomere #CVM #cartographie @Vert_le_media
Remember the Urunga wetlands waste tailings rich in antimony, arsenic, lead and cyanide?
"For five years in the 1960s and 1970s, antimony and other heavy metals leached from an ore processing plant into the melaleuca wetlands. The wetlands used to open up into a moonscape of light grey sand with not a single bit of vegetation."
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https://www.crownland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-07/Urunga-Wetlands-fact-sheet.pdf
https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-5357%2120190227T035916.488%20GMT
Now they want to go for Wild Cattle Creek 'high-grade and high-tonnage' antimony-gold mining >>
https://www.listcorp.com/asx/tmg/trigg-minerals-limited/news/acquisition-of-globally-significant-antimony-project-3091939.html
A Clarence Catchment Alliance community meeting
is being hosted by the Bellingen Environment Centre,
with Blicks River Guardians and Lock the Gate Nambucca,
from 2pm on Friday May 31 at 16 Cudgery St, Dorrigo.
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https://clarencevalleynews.com.au/clarence-catchment-alliance-community-meeting/
#NSW #Dorrigo #Urunga #remediation #CoffsHarbour #mining #antimony #gold #extractivism #harm #WildCattleCreek #WCC #water #contamination #wetlands #rivers #waterways #freshwater #MarineWater #platypus #biodiversity #BellingenShire
Over A Third Of Groundwater In USA Public-Supply Aquifers Is Anthropocene[sic]-Age And Susceptible To Surface Contamination
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00473-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #surface #contamination #USA #waterquality #waterresources #groundwater #publicsupply #Anthropocene #potable #waterwell #municipal #watersupply #residential #age #aquifers #regional #landsurface #contamination #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #holocene #publicsafety #pumping #sustainability
Microplastics may disrupt pollination, harm bees, other insects, flowers - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/n1qi6
"Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses."
'Very, very toxic': The risk of asbestos in Gaza's rubble
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8y4j91l83o
'"The Gaza rubble is a very, very toxic environment," says Professor Bill Cookson, director of the National Centre for Mesothelioma Research in London. "People are going to suffer acutely, but also in the longer term as well, things that children may carry throughout their lives."'
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Contamination #Asbestos
@palestine
Could a US-banned pesticide be behind mass sterilization? | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-take-2/2025/4/24/aje-onl-cri_bananas_av_v2-240425
Public health alert issued for budget-friendly Mexican meal: ‘Should be thrown away’ https://www.diningandcooking.com/2032116/public-health-alert-issued-for-budget-friendly-mexican-meal-should-be-thrown-away/ #contamination #DepartmentOfAgriculture #food #Food&Drink #FoodRecalls #FoodTopics #Lifestyle #Recalls #UsNews #usda
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time | Women's health | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/19/microplastics-human-ovary-follicular-fluid
"Cabot Butter Recalled Over Potential Fecal Contamination, Per FDA"
Cabot Butter, the only butter that comes with a touch of shit! Available at a store near you!
#USNews #butter #FDA #contamination #satire
https://www.prevention.com/health/a64442190/cabot-creamery-butter-recall-fda/
#politics #trump #FDA #contamination #alt #foodcontamination
Heather Cox Richardson Food Contamination 4/6/2025
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
Around the world, plastics are finding their way into farm fields. Some farmers say agricultural plastic, already a necessity for many crops, is becoming even more necessary as climate change fuels extreme weather.
https://www.alojapan.com/1231200/japanese-fast-food-chain-sukiya-temporarily-closes-due-to-rat-bug-contamination/ Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya temporarily closes due to rat, bug contamination #contamination #FastFood #Food&Drink #FoodSafety #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Rats #WorldNews A popular fast-food chain in Japan will shut down for several days following reports of rat-infested miso soup. Sukiya, the country’s biggest beef bowl chain, said it would cease operations Monday at roughly 2,000 locations nationwide for four day…
Os comparto una imagen de Daniel Canogar, de la serie Vórtice de 2011, que me impactó mucho en su momento. Las copias se expusieron en gran formato.
Un buen ejemplo de la sociedad de consumo y el desperdicio. Me interesó de la imagen el tratamiento limpio, sin apenas dramatismo pero que simboliza tan bien la forma de vida que tenemos.
Greg Cocks 
